Know Your Worth, Know Your Rights with Don Genova

May 10, 2017 Editor Advice advicefreelance contracts

by Grace Szucs [caption id="attachment_13424" align="alignright" width="237"] CMG Freelance President Don Genova[/caption]More often than not, writers are being asked to sign contracts these days, says Don Genova, president of CMG Freelance. Contracts can protect you, but they can also put an unfair burden on the writer.Genova went over some…

Expanding Your Portfolio with Sandra Phinney

May 09, 2017 Editor Advice advicemarketing yourself

By Grace Szucs[caption id="attachment_13429" align="alignright" width="295"] Sandra Phinney speaks at the info session. Photo by Don Genova[/caption]With legacy media crumbling and a scarcity of full-time writing jobs, keeping a freelance lifestyle means looking in the nooks and crannies of your own backyard.Sandra Phinney, freelance writer and…

The Born Freelancer on Brief Encounters and Memorable Journeys

May 03, 2017 Editor Advice adviceborn freelancerthe born freelancer

This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? We'd love to hear from you in the comments. Talking to strangers on cross-country trains and planes really is anathema to many of you. I've heard your horror stories. Trapped for hours…

Media Mixer: Freelancer or Employee?

April 28, 2017 Editor Advice adviceemployment lawmedia mixer

by Shelley Pascual[caption id="attachment_13381" align="alignright" width="329"] Lise Lareau, Tassia Poynter and Denise O'Connell at the media mixer in Toronto. Photo by Shelley Pascual[/caption]“We need these media mixers to get to know one another, support one another and more importantly, push each other to advance our interests…

Freelance Skillshare and Community Building Opportunities

April 13, 2017 Editor Advice advicecmg freelanceeventsfreelance financesfreelance lifeskillshareurban worker project

by Amanda Maxwell[caption id="attachment_13322" align="alignright" width="292"] Urban Worker Project co-founder Andrew Cash speaks at the Vancouver Skillshare event. Photo by Don Genova[/caption]Considering the freelance route, jumping from the nine-to-five into the freedom of midnight keyboard sessions in your PJs? Terrified but excited, and not…

2017 Public Lending Right Program registration deadline May 1

March 31, 2017 Editor Advice advicefreelance compensationplrpublic lending right program

If you're a Canadian author, illustrator or photographer with a published book, it's time to register for the Public Lending Right Program. PLR is a Canada Council for the Arts program that distributes payments to Canadian creators to compensate them for the lending out of their books through Canadian public libraries.This year's registration…

Freelance Finance: By the hour, or by the word?

March 10, 2017 Editor Advice advicefreelance compensationgetting paid

by Steven ThrendyleRecently, a Vancouver-based company called Grizzly Coast Media created a bit of a stir online when it started posting jobs for freelancers that paid $50 for anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 words per story. If you take five hours to write 1500 words, you’re making $10 an hour. In Vancouver, where the typical one bedroom apartment…

The Born Freelancer on the Sanctity of Deadlines

February 08, 2017 Editor Advice adviceborn freelancerdeadlinesfreelance lifethe born freelancer

Also: R.I.P. Sam Levene & Keith Maskell This series of posts by the Born Freelancer shares personal experiences and thoughts on issues relevant to freelancers. Have something to add to the conversation? We'd love to hear from you in the comments. Douglas Adams, the late great British author of the SF humour classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to…

Is there a link between running and writing? Some experts think so

January 18, 2017 Editor Advice advicerunningwriting advice

by Christine BlanchetteAbout two weeks ago, I sat in front of my computer screen, feeling frazzled, my heart pounding. I was stressed – trying to meet a tight deadline for a fitness piece due that day. There was no time to waste, not even to make a cup of coffee. But I just couldn’t focus. I had to do something: RUN.I didn’t have the time but…

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